Condenser.



PATBNTED JAN. 20, 1903.-

F. LAMPLOUGH.

CONDENSER.

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No. 718,851. PATENTBD JAN. 20. 1903 F. LAMPLOUGH.

CONDENSER. APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1902. 10 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET B.

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CONDENSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,851, dated January20, 1903.

Application filed September 30, 1902. SerialNo. 125,357. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern;

Beit known that LFREDERIGK LAMPLOUGH, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at London, England, have invented a new and usefulCondenser, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to an improved construction of condenser wherebyvery effective condensation is obtained.

I will describe my invention by the aid of the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the condenser through one ofthe main tubes. Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 8, an end elevation,and Fig. 4 an inner end view of one of the hollow rings separately.

According to my invention I employ a series of main tubes at, each ofwhich is surrounded at each end by tubes or cones 1), communicating witha central chamber 0, through which the series of tubes a pass. Flattenedcross-tubes cl are fixed within the main tubes aand communicate with thespaces surrounding said main tubes.

At one end of each main tube a is a hollow ring e, formed with a conicalmouth 8 and having a ring e of small holes around the inner end of saidconical mouth. The outer portion of the hollow ring is connected to thenarrow end of the cone 1) and the inner portion to the main tube a. Aport 6 opens from the bottom of the space between each of the main tubesat and the surrounding tubes or cones at one end thereof to allow of thepassage of steam into the interior of the hollow rings 2.

f is an inlet to the chamber 0 for the exhaust-steam.

The exhauststeam on entering the central chamber 0 and spacessurrounding the main tubes at for the first time mostly condenses andpasses through the ports E) into the hollow rings 6, whence it isejected through the rings of holes 6 At the same time through thevelocity of the exhaust a large quantity of air is propelled through thetubes Ct, which at right angles to each other, are preferably arrangedin the form of a spiral. The action of the induced current of air uponthe wetted surface of the cross-tubes 61 causes a further reduction intemperature, which is communicated through the cross-tubes d and maintubes at to the interior or exhaust space, thus cooling theexhaust-steam and making more water of condensation to keep theapparatus going, so that after the first start the actio is continuous.it

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by patent, is

1. In a condenser, the combination of a series of main tubes, a chambersurrounding the central portion of such main tubes, a steam-inlet tosuch chamber, tubes or cones surrounding the projecting ends of the maintubes, flattened cross-tubes fixed within the main tubes andcommunicating with the surrounding space, a hollow ring with a conicalmouth at one end of each main tube, a port in the bottom of the spacesurrounding said main tube and opening into the hollow ring, and a ringof holes in the interior of the hollow ring, substantially as herein setforth.

2. In a condenser, the combination of a series of main tubes, a chambersurrounding said main tubes, flattened cross-tubes within the maintubes, and jets from the spaces surrounding the main tubes directing thepartially condensed steam through the main tubes and onto the flattenedcross-tubes, substantially as herein set forth and for the purposeexplained.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- F. LAMPLOUGH.

Witnesses:

CLAUDE K. MILLs, WM. GIRLING.

